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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 month ago (2 children)

30 suspected illegal votes out of 25 million!!! Fucking what are we doing here?

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago

setting the stage for the next coup attempt?

[–] RagingRobot 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Obviously it would be more secure if everyone was required to bring a paper form that they were given at their birth and most people don't even have or a super expensive document that most people also don't have. That would obviously prove that you're allowed to vote because if you weren't that would be too much of a hassle.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We have document requirements to vote here.

That document costs about 1 vente Americano every 4 months, but we pay it as a lump when we renew every 5 years.

It also serves as our driver license, so at least that's consolidated. And also our healthcare access card.

It's normalized here for us. It's the only part of American voting that seems weird, instead of just inefficient.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

What the hell does a vente Americano cost, and why do you have to buy it every 4 months?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do most people really not have a birth certificate and ID? How do they complete an I9?

[–] RagingRobot 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

There is already a requirement for a picture ID in most places I know of.

The requirements were a birth certificate or passport.

A passport costs like $300 so poor people don't have them.

Birth certificates get lost pretty easily and take a really long time to replace.

[–] Fedizen 5 points 1 month ago

its also not an individual state's job to verify citizenship.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck 35 points 1 month ago

Not for long.

[–] bamfic 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Nurse_Robot 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Right? It's not even grabbing my attention anymore

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Everyone expects the republican inquisition.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 7 points 1 month ago

Their chief weapon is ignorance. Ignorance and fear - their two chief weapons . . .

[–] LordCrom 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Isn't this already a thing? I registered to vote like 30 years ago and I had to bring a birth certificate. Mountain from a molehill to incite the GOP base

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

I never had to show a birth certificate in Washington State. I think when I did finally register it was through the DMV when I renewed my license. Basically just checked a box.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] Delusional 24 points 1 month ago

Republican officials fail to do their job yet again. Color me surprised.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Vlad instructs Mike

[–] mlg 13 points 1 month ago

Alabama passed a state version of this bill and the total amount of people in question was like 3,000

Of which a major portion gained citizenship anyway, because the list is based on people who were flagged under non citizen status via tax reporting (ie mostly legal immigrants who hadn't gotten their government ID yet).

What a danger to democracy amirite

[–] RawrGuthlaf 2 points 1 month ago

HEY! LOOK OVER THERE! poof

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

... Millions of people would die. Mostly the poor. Is that what you want?

[–] donescobar 4 points 1 month ago

These clowns don’t care about anything until it affects them…